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[mckmas8808]

Last year's beta peaked at 150k

Interesting!

 

[mckmas8808]

Battlefield 6 is beating COD in pre-orders on PSN right now too.

 

[Reizo Ryuu]

You really think all them players are on Battle Net?

most of them probably are, COD wasn't on steam for nearly 5 years, MWI, CW and Vanguard didn't even drop on steam until 2023, after MWII launched late 2022.

 

[Skifi28]

There's COD fatigue in general, on top of that this one looks absolutely terrible and then you have BF6 which looks like something people have been asking for years. Obviously such a big franchise can't fail outright, but the decline will be felt.

 

[nial]

It will not bomb, but it kinda feels that it's going to underperform like Vanguard.

 

[clarky]

It will not bomb, but it kinda feels that it's going to underperform like Vanguard.

Didn't meet their own expectations but still sold 30million+

Kinda insane.

 

[nial]

Didn't meet their own expectations but still sold 30million+

Kinda insane.

This series operates on a completely different level. On another case, GTA6 not beating the 13M GTA5 did on its first day would be considered disappointing.

 

[EverythingsOverrated]

I hope this translates to sales. BF6 making an impact may get MS to rethink COD moving forward (hopeful but doubtful).

There's COD fatigue in general, on top of that this one looks absolutely terrible and then you have BF6 which looks like something people have been asking for years. Obviously such a big franchise can't fail outright, but the decline will be felt.

100%

I don't even play every COD but after the last couple of years with BO6 and MW3 I feel the fatigue. Add the near future stuff from BO7 and it makes me even less interested. I have Gamepass and probably still won't play BO7 and get BF6 instead.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

It will not bomb, but it kinda feels that it's going to underperform like Vanguard.

Agreed it wont bomb but its in trouble especially if BF6 sticks the landing and is great out of the gate

 

[ShadowkillXNA]

Playing now, it's a proper BO2 callback, it's rad as fuck.

 

[Audiophile]

One year off and the fully current-gen MW4 next year would have done wonders for the long term health of the brand, not to mention giving Treyarch extra time on the workload for their next project/s.

But the shareholders probably just can't bare to go one year without a massive cash injection. Always short-term thinking.

Even better would be another year off after MW4 and then some breathing room for the supposed full franchise reboot and 25th anniversary in 2028.

 

[MrAlwaysRight]

I'm tired of shooting at multicoloured wizards with bong shaped guns and shit.

BF6 is where my shootymans time is going this year.

 

[Radical_3d]

Should point out that 35k of those 75k were already playing BO6 or Warzone.

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[Heisenberg007]

Would love nothing more if COD flops, withers, and dies - at least until they are forced to go back to COD's roots that once made the franchise great.

 

[Insanemaelstrom]

I don't like cod, so don't have any stake in this but:

1. We get a new cod every year. We are getting a new Battlefied in like 5 years( not to mention last 2 bf games being crap, so hype is larger for this one).


2. The Battlefied beta was an open beta available to everyone. COD beta is locked behind pre-orders.


So it isn't exactly a fair comparison.

 

[ValiantInstance]

I mean it's not going to instantly get people on the game. But I'll give it a try, if it works then they will see stats from people like me playing much longer than usual.

 

[EverydayBeast]

Sounds like cod is dead!

 

[coachmcguirk91]

I feel like the average COD player SBMM is a good thing. Streamers are the ones who are super vocal about it because it makes them look worse

 

[Griffon]

As much as I want to mock the results of call of duty on PC, it is a primarily console franchise.

So even if the Steam numbers are down from last year, they'll still sell a function on consoles and will barely feel the difference.

 

[clarky]

As much as I want to mock the results of call of duty on PC, it is a primarily console franchise.

So even if the Steam numbers are down from last year, they'll still sell a function on consoles and will barely feel the difference.

Pretty much. 90% of the players in my lobbies have been console players, as per usual.

 

[Parazels]

Call of Duty needs a break. The formula itself is OK, but it needs a proper shake up, although I don't know what that is.

They need to follow Battlefield's formula (vehicles, destruction) sooner or later.

But it's hard as hell for them.

 

[Generic]

I'm going to bet it does fine on launch. If you're comparing beta numbers with Battlefield even their 300,000 is nothing compared to what those games sell. I play COD every year but I'm not jumping into a beta. I already know what COD is I don't need to test it out. Battlefield is way more of an unknown after a decade of bad games so of course people are jumping in to see if it's trash.

This is Battlefield 1 vs Infinite Warfare all over again. In the end Call of Duty was still the most popular game of 2016.

 

[ChoosableOne]

I had access to BO6 for a whole year, but I never felt like playing it. I don't know how many more times I can play the same(worse even) game I played back in 2019. I don't feel any excitement for the new game either.

Things at Microsoft just don't seem to be going well for some reason. It wouldn't be good for this game to fail in such a critical year for gamepass.

 

[ValiantInstance]

This is Battlefield 1 vs Infinite Warfare all over again. In the end Call of Duty was still the most popular game of 2016.

That year they held a remake of Call of Duty 4 hostage behind the deluxe edition, it was more popular than Infinite Warfare.

Also I had no interest in a World War 1 game, I'm sure many felt the same way. This is different.

 

[Arsic]

If I play a MP game this year it's arc raiders.

COD I won't even mess with on gamepass now.

The curse is finally broken on me at least. I no longer give a fuck about this stale franchise.

 

[Jibran#one]

U just can't keep people interested in the same type of game for so many years
This year would most definitely be a bad year for cod but sooner or later it will make a comeback like mw2019

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

 

[newtypepilot]

 

[Antwix]

I feel like the average COD player SBMM is a good thing. Streamers are the ones who are super vocal about it because it makes them look worse

exactly why i think this playlist will backfire. all the whiners about sbmm will go in there and end up playing with the sweaty folks they're trying to get away from.

 

[Majima Everywhere System]

To the Saudis?

I liked Battlefield 6 but will wait till it's added to EA Play.

Same as when you fill up your hybrid.

 

[Generic]

That year they held a remake of Call of Duty 4 hostage behind the deluxe edition, it was more popular than Infinite Warfare.

Also I had no interest in a World War 1 game, I'm sure many felt the same way. This is different.

I gave a look at Steam Charts and Infinite Warfare had way more players than Modern Warfare remaster.

https://steamcharts.com/app/292730 (peak of 15,312)

https://steamcharts.com/app/393080 (peak of 1,396)

 

[EN250]

Every year there's news about COD being dissappointing yet every year sells truckloads like it's tradition or something, this year won't be different and I don't even care about the IP being a BF fanboy since Bad Company...

 

[knguyen]

when dudes start running around with purple guns and looked like they have make up on, I knew COD done fucked up.

 

[Crunchbox]

Im getting bf6 only this year. Cod has been getting away with to much. I hope they sweat a little and people wake up.

 

[TheAmazingSpiderMan]

Played the early beta and it was trash as usual. Thank god battlefield has picked up, we really need competition in the FPS category.

 

[KenaiPhoenix]

They pushed the microtransactions too much

What we would make fun of mobile games some years ago become the norm in a full priced game. People got tired of it.

 

[ValiantInstance]

I gave a look at Steam Charts and Infinite Warfare had way more players than Modern Warfare remaster.

https://steamcharts.com/app/292730 (peak of 15,312)

https://steamcharts.com/app/393080 (peak of 1,396)

The PC version was extremely unpopular because it didn't have dedicated servers or mod support. Players immediately went back to Cod 4.

This was also the pre MW2019 era, it was a different time. No one played Cod on PC in 2016 and they had a reputation for bad ports.

 

[StueyDuck]

Cod can easily claw it back, the whole resurgence from the mw reboot was because they focused on making a cool military game.

Get rid of all the dumb skins, stop pandering to the lowest common denominator and streamers, get rid of all the dei characters and stupid writers and just make a game where you are like a squad of 5 soldiers doing soldier stuff.

The mp will naturally fall in place, the best mp cod games put heavy focus on the sp

 

[FIREKNIGHT2029]

 

[PicoLordens]

COD had the benefit of no competition in the military shooter console space since BF2042 came out and was universally disliked. I am a Bfer for life but 2042 didn't do it for me either so I bought COD every year. I am so fucking relieved that I don't have to buy another one this year. I am fucking sick and tired of it.